i would only be in Africa for about month ... the volunteer programs i've looked into usually run for a limited time. i'm not moving there. and as i said, i still and always invite death to find me, especially while i am in Africa... but that would be the only way i'd permanently end up there... hopefully i'd end up in the belly of some big furry kitty... with my soul passing from one generation to the next...

i will most definitely keep in touch from Africa. it is a long ways away before i'm there. i predict maybe a year, roughly, before i get there... it takes me awhile to process all the steps needed for something big like this...

thank you hamster bamster for inspiring me to write poetry about my fantasies of dying in Africa... doubtful it will replace the real experience though...

thank you Gus1234U for the gorgeous image of those two beautiful cats cuddling! Just like my boyz would do... (i miss them. i still hear them in the background and see them out of the corner of my eye...